Julian Baggini
Julian Baggini
Julian Bagginiis a British philosopher, and the author of several books about philosophy written for a general audience. He wrote The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and 99 other thought experiments and is co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Philosophers' Magazine...
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eggs yesterday benefits
Yesterday's news feeds our fear that our neighbours are more likely than not to be bad eggs: benefit fraudsters, bogus asylum seekers, paedophiles or jihadist terrorists.
purpose practicals
I am only me for practical purposes.
views issues people
You should protest about the views of people you disagree with over major moral issues, and argue them down, but you should not try to silence them, however repugnant you find them. That is the bitter pill free speech requires us to swallow.
good-life notion wellbeing
Wellbeing is a notion that entails our values about the good life, and questions of values are not ultimately scientific questions.
always-wrong ifs disagree
There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.
growing-up philosophy philosophical
I don't feel proprietorial about the problems of philosophy. History has taught us that many philosophical issues can grow up, leave home and live elsewhere.
heart compassion justice
Society needs both justice and compassion, a head and a heart, if it is to be civilised.
cosmos failing fractions
No one who has understood even a fraction of what science has told us about the universe can fail to be in awe of both the cosmos and of science.
love-is roots neurons
Love is indeed, at root, the product of the firings of neurons and release of hormones.
justice facts fronts
Justice can only be dispensed when you have all the facts in front of you.
kindness giving doubt
Instead of showing strangers kindness and giving them the benefit of the doubt, we increasingly show them only fear, and that is bad for us and them.